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I have let it play from the end of the previous segment right through the commercials to the beginning of the next segment and it jumps. No button pushing at all.

I have pushed the jump forward button from the end of the previous segment through the commercials to just before the beginning of the next segment and when played it jumps when the next segment begins.

I have pushed the jump back button from the beginning of the segment back into the commercials and when played it jumps when the next segment begins.

I have pushed the rewind button from the beginning of the segment back into the commercials and when played it jumps when the next segment begins.

It does not seem to matter how you get there, the recording jumps in the exact same place every time.

It's starting to look like it's broadcast that way. Do you have any neighbors who may have recorded the same show via a different provider (D* cable or OTA)? You need to compare what you are seeing with another recording of the very same show.

BTW I misunderstood an earlier post. I thought you said that you could rewind back through the part that "jumped", now it appears that the missed segments are lost and not recoverable by rewinding.

Received a reply from DQ. It was suggested, based on another customer with a similar complaint, that using two dishes instead of one might fix this problem. How would adding a second dish, when the signal strength with one is fine, improve the transition between a commercial break and programming that affects only two local channels and only during prime-time?

Received a reply from DQ. It was suggested, based on another customer with a similar complaint, that using two dishes instead of one might fix this problem. How would adding a second dish, when the signal strength with one is fine, improve the transition between a commercial break and programming that affects only two local channels and only during prime-time?

Does that make sense to you?

No.

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Received a reply from DQ. It was suggested, based on another customer with a similar complaint, that using two dishes instead of one might fix this problem. How would adding a second dish, when the signal strength with one is fine, improve the transition between a commercial break and programming that affects only two local channels and only during prime-time?

Does that make sense to you?

The 2-dish "solution" is for signal reception problems. That has absolutely nothing to do with your issue.

With a signal reception problem you would lose portions of the program randomly, usually followed by a warning message saying some of your program has been lost due to signal issues.

Did the person suggesting the 2 dish fix ask you for signal strength readings?

Come to think of it, nope, I was never asked about the signal strength. Also, I doubt the 508 is dying, as the issue happens at a specific time. With the exception of the 508s, all the hardware is less than 2 years old, not that something couldn't go bad, but still.

At one point I thought maybe it had something to do with the long transition between commercial and programing, but then I started watching NASA-TV which has very long still objects, and the issue doesn't happen on there when NASA switches from a still objects to motion.

The day before Yesterday I was watching a recording of 60 minutes. When the first segment started, there was another 10 second jump. Using the remote I was able to move back and forth with the frame back and frame forward and I saw the glitch on the screen. At the top of the screen was a narrow band of corruption. It could only be seen going frame back and not frame forward. Going frame forward in the wrong spot can cause it to jump 20 or more seconds into the program when it hits the glitch. Or worse, if you hit play at that point, there is no video, only audio.

Even though I believe I've described the problem rather well, and I'm sure DISH has a way to monitor all the net-feeds from the local channels, I would of thought by now DISH would have connected a 508 and simply recorded the effected show. There has been plenty of opportunities over the past several weeks for DISH to see for themselves exactly what's going on.

I'm told that some receivers are more sensitive to network switching. It's really odd how both 508 receivers started having the same problem, at the same time, with the same installation that's worked flawlessly until this past February. So, at this time DISH will be sending out one 508 as a test. If the replacement 508 solves the problem, they will then send out a second 508 replacement for our other 508 receiver. Will report back when more information becomes available.

The extra length could have been acting as an antenna inside the switch.

Interesting. This "antenna" effect, do you think it could be the cause of the jumping?

While the Tech was here I showed the jump problem and he felt that it was a network problem of some kind. Recent recordings are not jumping when the program returns from commercial, but it's still too early to know for sure if it's fixed.

I don't know if it is a coincidence or not, but the OTA channel that had the jump problem now has a new ID Bug, and I'm wondering if there wasn't a switching problem when they would insert the ID Bug over the network feed.

I'm glad it wasn't shorting out.

Yeah, me too. The Tech was inadequately prepared and didn't bring a switch or for that matter two replacement receivers. DISH told me later that they were not happy about that, as they wanted all the hardware replaced.

Recent recordings are not jumping when the program returns from commercial, but it's still too early to know for sure if it's fixed.

After having given it a month, the jumping issue has not returned.

I don't know if it is a coincidence or not, but the OTA channel that had the jump problem now has a new ID Bug, and I'm wondering if there wasn't a switching problem when they would insert the ID Bug over the network feed.

While I never received a confirmation from DISH if they had contacted the local stations, the inept placement and design of the ID Bug looks hurried.

I would say at this time that the jumping issue has been resolved, though who knows if it will return. We now return our attention back to the 25+ verified bugs in the 508 that will never get fixed.